Richard Veenstra

Richard Veenstra
Personal information
Nickname Flyers
Born (1981-07-10) 10 July 1981
Ossenzijl, Netherlands
Home town Ossenzijl
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since 2006
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–
Current world ranking (BDO) 14
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Semi Final: 2016
World Masters Last 16: 2015
World Darts Trophy Last 32: 2016
Zuiderduin Masters Group Stage: 2014, 2015, 2016
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Luxembourg Open
WDF World Cup Pairs Europe Cup Singles
2014
2015
2016

Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation. His nickname is Flyers.

Career

BDO

In October 2014 Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4.[1] He reached the Semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open.[2][3] In October 2015 he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3.[4] On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5-3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6-5.

In September 2016 Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles, He beat Jim Williams in the final 7-5 averaging 93.18.

World Championship results

BDO

References


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